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More about critiquing..
Well, I'm back. Did you find the last cliche? A Lost Cause: an undertaking doomed to fail. Early uses: from 1860s--New York Hearld July 2, 1868 referred to South's civil war and in Essays in Criticism, 1865 description of Oxford Univ. as "the home of lost causes"....
Blogging
Today's Saturday and I'm still at this blog. Not sure who's looking at it, but sure appreciated all those who've commented on it and taken a peak. Hopefully, those that did will check in every now and again. I would hate to think that this is a lost cause of my...
Cliche or not to cliche…
Do you use cliches? I don't see how we could not since I have a book called The Facts on File of Dictionary of Cliches and in it is over 3,500 terms and expressions! Everyone points out the major cliches in our pieces, but I imagine from the book above, they miss a...
Critiquing
Well, I went to bed last night and realized I'd forgotten to write here! I'm sure that might happen now and again. I decided to join the on-line critique group I used to belong to a few years back. So I went to the website (I put a link up) and joined their novels...
more about writing groups-critiquing
Hello, Well, thank you all for your comments. I did forget to mention that I also belong to Lake County Writers Group which is a critique group that meets once a month. The group is growing and we meet from 11-4. Like I said before, belonging to a group is so...
Hello world!
Hello. I've decided to start a blog. What will this blog be about? I'm a writer, so I write. I'll write about writing, sites that are of interest, books, clubs, etc. I belong to the Redwood Writers branch of the California Writers Club. Yesterday I attended the...
